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. 2023 Apr 6;24(7):6858. doi: 10.3390/ijms24076858
ASCVD Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
ASGPRs Asialoglycoprotein receptors
CKD Chronic kidney disease
CRISPR Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
CVDs Cardiovascular diseases
eNOS Endothelial nitric oxide synthase
FH Familial hypercholesterolemia
GalNAc Triantennary N-acetylgalactosamine
HeFH Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
HMG-CoA 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A
HoFH Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
IMPROVE-IT The Improved Reduction of Outcomes: Vytorin Efficacy International Trial
LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
LDLR Low-density lipoprotein receptor
LDLRAP Low-density lipoprotein receptor adaptor protein
mAb Monoclonal antibody
MMPs Matrix metalloproteinases
mRNA Messenger ribonucleic acid
NHEJ Nonhomologous end joining
PCSK9 Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9
PREDIMED PREvención con DIeta MEDiterránea
PROCAM Prospective Cardiovascular Münster
RACING Randomized comparison of efficacy and safety of lipid lowering with statin monotherapy versus statin–ezetimibe combination for high-risk cardiovascular disease
SCORE2 Systematic Coronary Risk Estimation 2
siRNA Small interfering ribonucleic acid